Access Interconnections. (A) Upon request by the Grantor, and based on a demonstrated need, Grantee shall work in good faith with the Grantor to interconnect with other cable operators at a designated meet point and not at Grantee’s headend or hubs in order to hand off PEG Access Channel signals for the purposes of sharing PEG Programming throughout the Franchise Area. Such interconnection shall preserve the technical quality of the PEG Access Channels without degradation to Grantee’s demarcation at the designated meet point of the interconnect. The Grantor shall not require such interconnection without the prior consent of Grantee, which shall not be unreasonably withheld. Grantee shall not be obligated to interconnect with any cable system providing competitive Cable Services within the Franchise Area, except that Grantee shall use reasonable efforts to agree with a competitive Cable Services provider on reasonable terms, conditions and costs of a viable interconnection of the PEG Access Channel signals. Any incremental, direct capital costs incurred by Grantee to interconnect may be paid by the Grantor from the PEG capital fee or other arrangement.
(B) Grantee shall take all necessary technical steps to ensure that technically adequate signal quality and routing/switching systems are initially and continuously provided for all Access Interconnections. The cost for any equipment dedicated to Access Interconnection shall be shared on a pro rata basis or as mutually agreed upon among all participating jurisdictions and paid to Grantee.
Access Interconnections.
(A) Grantee shall continue and maintain all Interconnections of Access Channels in effect on the effective date of this Franchise, and as otherwise provided herein, unless otherwise authorized or modified by the City. Grantee shall provide Activated Interconnection of the Headend to Designated Access Providers for shared PEG Access Programming on Access Channels. The Interconnections shall provide the bi-directional capability to transmit PEG Access Programming among Designated Access Providers and other PEG Access Programming carried by contiguous cable systems in Washington County and Clackamas County, Oregon, and Xxxxx County, Washington. Grantee shall provide Activated Capacity sufficient to enable Signal transmission to and from all Interconnection points on the Cable System.
(B) Upon request by the City, and based on a demonstrated need, Grantee shall work in good faith with the City to interconnect with other cable operators at a designated meet point and not at Grantee’s headend or hubs in order to hand off PEG Access Channel Signals for the purposes of sharing PEG Programming throughout the Franchise Area. Such interconnection shall preserve the technical quality of the PEG Access Channels without degradation to Grantee’s demarcation at the designated meet point of the Interconnect. The City shall not require such interconnection without the prior consent of Grantee, which shall not be unreasonably withheld. Grantee shall not be obligated to interconnect with any cable system providing competitive Cable Services within the Franchise Area, except that Grantee shall use reasonable efforts to agree with a competitive Cable Services provider on reasonable terms, conditions and costs of a viable interconnection of the PEG Access Channel Signals. Any Incremental, direct Capital costs incurred by Grantee to interconnect shall be paid by the City from the PEG/I-Net Fee.
(C) The City shall designate the Access provider with the right to control and schedule the operation of all Interconnects of Access Channels with other systems.
(D) Grantee shall take all necessary technical steps to ensure that technically acceptable signal quality and routing systems are continuously provided for all Access Interconnections. Signal quality and routing systems acceptability will be based on meeting applicable IEEE, NAB, FCC or other industry standards.
Access Interconnections. (A) Grantee shall continue all Interconnections of Access Channels in effect on the Effective Date of this Franchise and as otherwise provided herein, unless otherwise authorized or directed by the City.
(B) Grantee shall ensure that signal quality comparable to that available on the Subscriber network and routing systems are provided continuously for all Access Interconnections throughout the duration of this Franchise.
(C) If technically feasible and with prior permission from other affected jurisdictions, PEG Channels shall be Interconnected with contiguous franchises at the City's discretion and cost.
Access Interconnections. The Grantee shall install and maintain all access interconnections of PEG access channels in accord with the requirements of Section 5.5.
Access Interconnections. 8.6.1. The Grantee shall maintain for the duration of this agreement any and all existing Interconnections of Access Channels with contiguous cable systems.
8.6.2. Grantee shall be capable of interconnection of PEG Access Channels in the Cable System and Cable Systems in Franchise Areas that are geographically adjacent to City, provided that City has secured the written permission for such Interconnection from the regulatory authority for the adjacent Franchise Area. The cost of such Interconnections shall be Grantee’s so long as Grantee or Grantee’s affiliate owns the adjacent Cable System. If the adjacent Cable System is not owned by Grantee, the cost for interconnection shall be equally shared by the two Cable Systems.
8.6.3. All Interconnections shall have the capability of transmitting and receiving PEG programming. All Interconnections shall be accomplished in a manner that permits the transmission of signals for Access Programming channels to be distributed to subscribers with the same original audio and video quality as provided by the PEG facility. Installation of all interconnect capacity shall be completed at the Grantee's expense, except as otherwise provided in this agreement.
8.6.4. The City, or its designee, shall have the right to control and schedule the operation of all interconnected Access Channels and capacity. In addition, the City, or its designee, shall have the right to use, at its sole discretion and at no cost, any Access Channels and capacity provided under this agreement for non-commercial purposes, in furtherance of PEG use. However, the requirement to interconnect PEG programming with adjacent Cable Systems of willing franchise authorities shall not result in an increase in the number of PEG Channels beyond the number of Access Channels provided for in section 8.3.
8.6.5. The Grantee shall take all necessary steps to ensure that technically adequate signal quality in compliance with FCC requirements are initially and continuously provided for all Access Interconnections and Origination Points.
Access Interconnections. (A) Grantee shall be obligated to continue any Access Channel interconnections that are in place as of the Effective Date of this Franchise.
(B) Grantee shall not object to nor impede any connection established by the City or a Designated Access Provider, or a competing provider, whether on the property of the City or a Designated Access Provider by means of which a competing provider obtains access solely to the PEG Access Channels, nor shall the Grantee object to or impede the transmission of such PEG Access Channel signals by any competing provider; provided, however, that Grantee may terminate any interconnection for any period where an interconnecting system is delivering signals in a manner that endangers the technical operation of Grantee’s Cable System. For additional interconnections which occur after the Effective Date of this Franchise, Grantee shall have no obligation to provide such connections or contribute financially to the cost of establishing any such connection.
(C) It is Grantee’s responsibility to ensure that any signals it provides on a return path to a City or Designated Access Provider facility meet FCC technical standards. It is not the Grantee’s responsibility to ensure that any signals provided by another cable operator meet industry standards.
(D) Any equipment and construction costs borne by Grantee in connection with the obligation to provide for Access Channel interconnection shall be considered a capital cost. City agrees that such cost is an “external cost” as such term is used in 47 C.F.R. Section 76.922(f) on the date of this Franchise and, as such, the cost is permitted under federal law and regulation to be passed through to Subscribers to the extent and in a manner provided for in federal regulations governing the same.
Access Interconnections. (A) Grantee shall continue all Interconnections of Access Channels in effect on the effective date of this Franchise and as otherwise provided herein, unless otherwise authorized or directed by the City.
(B) Grantee shall work with the City, other cable franchisees, and Designated Access Managers to establish and coordinate Citywide Access Channel assignments and Interconnected PEG Access Channels. If the City and Grantee are unable to agree, the matter shall be submitted to arbitration under Section 21.
(C) Grantee shall ensure that signal quality comparable to that available on the subscriber network and routing systems are provided continuously for all Access Interconnections throughout the duration of this Franchise.
Access Interconnections. Grantee acknowledges that it is the Town’s goal to further the community’s needs and interests by providing for the Interconnection of Access Channels between the Town and surrounding communities. Grantee shall take all necessary technical steps to ensure that technically adequate signal quality is initially and continuously provided for all Interconnects at the level provided to Grantee.
Access Interconnections. The Grantee shall, at Grantee’s expense and free of charge to the Grantor and any DAP, maintain for the duration of this Agreement any and all existing Interconnections of Access Channels with contiguous Cable Systems owned by the Grantee as of the Effective Date of this Agreement, in order to receive from and deliver to the DAP’s headend, via the Grantee’s Headend, all the Access Channels required by this Agreement and originating by the Grantor or its designee.
Access Interconnections. (A) Grantee shall continue all Interconnections of Access Channels in effect on the effective date of this Franchise, and as otherwise provided herein, unless otherwise authorized or directed by the City. The City shall designate an Access Manager with the right to control and schedule the operation of all Interconnects of Access Channels with other systems.
(B) Grantee shall work with the City, other cable franchisees, and Designated Access Managers to establish and coordinate City-wide Interconnected PEG Access Channels.
(C) Grantee shall take all necessary steps to ensure that signal quality comparable to that available on the subscriber network and routing systems are provided continuously for all Access Interconnections throughout the duration of this Franchise.
(D) New access channels provided under Section 6.7 below shall be interconnected to the same extent as provided in this Section and in Section 6.7(B).
